Hollywood has made money off of his material, so they're eager to go back to the well. The good news, thus far at least, is that the material they're using is actually well-written.
So...I'm sitting there on my computer when this hot girl comes up telling me there's been a response to my first "wave"...which was "Is this thing on?". It sat there, like a wet fart on a humid day for literally two months with no responses.
What does she do? Asks me if I want to pay her to play a game with her. As if! That's just wrong, google!
(We're currently trying to level my paladin, he's sitting at level 37. Sucks. She's better than I am...and getting paid to do it!)
Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake!
shit, I dunno dude. Hence me saying the only "foreseeable" reason I could see for this would be in the event of some massive catastrophe affecting one or only a few areas. In the end, it's a pile of crap and smells.
And I think the phrase "any press is good press" doesn't just apply to businesses. People do stuff like this for the attention it brings them.
IMO, of course.
Why can't slashdot tie in a decent system where you're allowed to post more than once per two minutes if say...you're not posting AC or maybe if your/. karma is above a certain level? It's stupid. (says Em as he waits the requisite 2 minutes....)
The only thing I could think of...say a large city like New York or LA has a terrorist attack. People overwhelm the network(s) and in order to allow emergency personnel to have dependable access, they black out all of the network except for what the emergency people need to use.
Something like that. It's retarded, over all, and about the only thing I could conceive of where this *might* make sense. Maybe.
Actually, it's all just one big cycle. When I first broke into the IT world, PCs were a bit of a novelty in most businesses. Then, the PC explosion caused things to move towards a "client-side" setup, with faster desktops, laptops and not as much horse power required on the server side. Then, in an effort to save money, tied in with servers/CPUs/memory becoming cheaper, and security concerns, companies started (or have started) to slowly pull things back from the client side and put more emphasis on the server side of things.
That said, I'm sure it won't be long before we go full-circle again.
One final thought, I do not want any "OS" that's supposed to run on my computer to be running on the internet. Corporate networks, in my experience, are typically much more prone to solid uptimes, unlike the internet. Plus, if something goes down on my network, I don't have to depend on someone else to fix it.
You do realise that Britain is not part of the United States, don't you?
What? When the hell did that happen? You mean there's a world outside the US' borders? That's B.S.
(Yeah, I understand that. But I'm not from England, and frankly haven't kept up on the latest and greatest social media stuff going on over there, therefore my examples of things like craigslist, myspace, etc., are all from stuff I know about, being here in the US.)
The Austin Powers joke was basically to state that this has happened so many times before due to "various" things that this isn't new and frankly isn't news.
But hey, a lot of people are on facebook, let's blame it on that.
Vanessa Kensington: Mr. Powers, my job is to acclimatize you to the nineties. You know, a lot's changed since 1967. Austin Powers: No doubt, love, but as long as people are still having promiscuous sex with many anonymous partners without protection while at the same time experimenting with mind-expanding drugs in a consequence-free environment, I'll be sound as a pound!
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A robot doesn't "aspire" to anything. They're frigging electronics, metal and plastic.
see subject.
The old motto is "Trust but verify".
I use "Don't trust, verify, then trust."
Works pretty well for me.
Oh pretty! fwap fwap fwap fwap.
(What? That's the response this "article" was looking for, wasn't it? Just doing my part)
Oh, ones day I'll get you, Trebec! /shakes fist angrily.
I'll take Guys who post in the wrong thread for $500, please Alex.
"This guy more than likely uses firefox and has at least two tabs open on slashdot." /hits buzzer
"Lucas123."
"Correct!"
"I'll take Guys who post in the wrong thread for $600, please Alex."
Hollywood has made money off of his material, so they're eager to go back to the well. The good news, thus far at least, is that the material they're using is actually well-written.
Nothing out of the ordinary here, IMO.
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Way too many people exist only to serve as a warning to others.
So...I'm sitting there on my computer when this hot girl comes up telling me there's been a response to my first "wave"...which was "Is this thing on?". It sat there, like a wet fart on a humid day for literally two months with no responses.
What does she do? Asks me if I want to pay her to play a game with her. As if! That's just wrong, google!
(We're currently trying to level my paladin, he's sitting at level 37. Sucks. She's better than I am...and getting paid to do it!)
Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake!
Tragically, you're wrong. See, the 9yr old is a member of the Dick van Dyke fan club, and has regular conversations online with him via email.
His username? penisvanlesbian@gmail.com
Sucks, he wasn't doing anything wrong. :(
Wicki wicki wild wild.
Wicki wild wild.
Wicki wicki wild wild west! ...You're welcome.
shit, I dunno dude. Hence me saying the only "foreseeable" reason I could see for this would be in the event of some massive catastrophe affecting one or only a few areas. In the end, it's a pile of crap and smells.
And I think the phrase "any press is good press" doesn't just apply to businesses. People do stuff like this for the attention it brings them.
IMO, of course.
Why can't slashdot tie in a decent system where you're allowed to post more than once per two minutes if say...you're not posting AC or maybe if your /. karma is above a certain level? It's stupid. (says Em as he waits the requisite 2 minutes....)
The only thing I could think of...say a large city like New York or LA has a terrorist attack. People overwhelm the network(s) and in order to allow emergency personnel to have dependable access, they black out all of the network except for what the emergency people need to use.
Something like that. It's retarded, over all, and about the only thing I could conceive of where this *might* make sense. Maybe.
the more they'll act like morons.
I wish reporters wouldn't give this type of crap the time of day.
Actually, it's all just one big cycle. When I first broke into the IT world, PCs were a bit of a novelty in most businesses. Then, the PC explosion caused things to move towards a "client-side" setup, with faster desktops, laptops and not as much horse power required on the server side. Then, in an effort to save money, tied in with servers/CPUs/memory becoming cheaper, and security concerns, companies started (or have started) to slowly pull things back from the client side and put more emphasis on the server side of things.
That said, I'm sure it won't be long before we go full-circle again.
One final thought, I do not want any "OS" that's supposed to run on my computer to be running on the internet. Corporate networks, in my experience, are typically much more prone to solid uptimes, unlike the internet. Plus, if something goes down on my network, I don't have to depend on someone else to fix it.
I wonder how much of that landfill is recyclables? Dunno if that's a stock photo of a landfill or something, but I see a lot of plastics there...
At some point, you've gotta stop holding back and just let the anger and frustration out. If you don't, you'll give yourself a heart attack. ;)
I'll admit it, I only ever watched Sprockets for the dancing.
"And now is the part of the show where we dance"
And they deserved it to, what with their fancy-schmanzy "button-fly" jeans and delicious BBQ.
You do realise that Britain is not part of the United States, don't you?
What? When the hell did that happen? You mean there's a world outside the US' borders? That's B.S.
(Yeah, I understand that. But I'm not from England, and frankly haven't kept up on the latest and greatest social media stuff going on over there, therefore my examples of things like craigslist, myspace, etc., are all from stuff I know about, being here in the US.)
The Austin Powers joke was basically to state that this has happened so many times before due to "various" things that this isn't new and frankly isn't news.
lolwut? facebook/myspace/craigslist/etc/etc/etc.
But hey, a lot of people are on facebook, let's blame it on that.
Vanessa Kensington: Mr. Powers, my job is to acclimatize you to the nineties. You know, a lot's changed since 1967.
Austin Powers: No doubt, love, but as long as people are still having promiscuous sex with many anonymous partners without protection while at the same time experimenting with mind-expanding drugs in a consequence-free environment, I'll be sound as a pound!
They run stories about them, sure. That doesn't mean a user has knowledge of what they are.